Wallpaper

Description

Partial roll of floral medallion wallpaper manufactured by Frederick Beck & Company, New York. Oval medallion tied and hung with a ribbon from scrolling acanthus leaves. The medallion is festooned with floral swags and frames a bouquet of flowers. the pattern is block-printed in green and olive flocking on white ground.

Details

Maker

Frederick Beck & Company (Manufacturer)

Date

1890-1900

Inscriptions

"Fred. Beck & Co." (Flocked)
"This Roll for Mrs. Waterhouse" (handwritten)
"Late flock / Mrs. Albert Shaw" (handwritten)
"Victorian - mid 19th cenutry / etc. / many from Salem, Cape Cod, Maine, etc - / I have checked them all + / they can be filed. Not that interesting" (handwritten)
"Almost all late / papers - Victorian, etc / I have checked them / + must press them + put / together in a folder of / later papers" (handwritten)